Simon Cameron quotes
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“An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought.”
-- Simon CameronSource : Attributed in "Chronicles of America Series" by Allen Johnson, Yale University Press, 1918.
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“I am tired of all this thing called science here. We have spent millions in that sort of thing for the last few years, and it is time it should be stopped.”
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“A man who makes no enemies is never a positive force.”
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“Pakistan could be uneasy on the position of Indian military. But both the countries should take a bold decision, breaking from their past, to transform their relationship.”
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“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”
Source : New Yorker, 14 May 1960
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“He was so good and honest. Why couldn't I love him instead?”
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“I've always wanted to act and I can't think of anything else I'd want to do, honestly.”
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Source : "Would you have booed George Osborne at the Paralympics?" by Alastair Campbell and Danny Kelly, www.theguardian.com. September 8, 2012.
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“Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.”
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